? Obs. [SWALLOW sb.1 Cf. G. wasserschwalbe.] A name for the water-wagtail.
1544. Turner, Avium Præcip., C 7 b. Κιγκλος, ῆ σεισοπυγίς, Anglice a water swallow.
1552, 1668. [see SWALLOW sb.1].
1611. Cotgr., Batemare, a wagtayle, or water Swallow.
1658. Willsford, Natures Secr., 140. The Wagtail, or Water-Swallow.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Water-Swallow, a kind of Bird.